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Yahoo Secretly Scanned Millions of Customer Emails for U.S. Authorities [Updated]
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But email is a 1970's technology and is not built around a notion of security and encryption. It needs to be interoperable.. The best they've achieved so far is enforcing encrypted connections between servers, when possible. The data on the servers themselves is likely stored in plain-text format. Research any email system and you'll see this is how they work, unless a database is used to store messages, and then an encryption protocol can be enforced on that. But at the end of the day, the ISP (or Apple or Yahoo! or whomever) would need to hold the keys to that encryption in order for the system to work. So it's moot from a standpoint of government requests.
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I switched to Runbox last year when Google Apps dropped the free option. While I enjoyed Google's reliable email system, the email scanning and ad-serving never sat well with me. So when it was time to choose a new email provider, I went with one that puts privacy first.
runbox.com (based out of Norway)
I think you just have to assume at this point that everything you do online is being spied on by someone or other.
Thanks for the suggestion to do some research, but I understand far better than you might guess, precisely how SMTP servers, MUAs and MTAs interoperate. Spent many years dealing with configuration of Sendmail and Postfix servers, including a lot of digging around in the source code. PGP (and offshoots) and S/MIME are the best tech available for email encryption, last I paid attention; and end-to-end is the only really trustworthy encryption. My original point stands: this kind of thing is why it's better to be able to say, "we are not able to hand over information requested because we don't have the encryption keys." Customer-owned data which companies have cleartext access to is a substantial liability. I didn't say there was an obvious simple answer for email encryption.
The problem is that we have a right to privacy, and no provider or country agency should interfere with my data. Having something to hide is not the point when discussing privacy.
If you want to see a company with a really terrific female leader, look at Adafruit and Limor Fried (aka LadyAda). Very well known and highly respected in the Maker Community and the up-and-coming world of IoT / Internet of Things. Runs a great company that does a lot of education and outreach, as well as making really good parts for electronics experimenters. And a terrific example of what can be done by a company founded by a woman, rather than one where the all-male board of directors hands the reins over to a woman right after the iceberg had been spotted dead ahead. I want LadyAda to be a role model for my nieces when they get a bit older.
The /S at the end of that user's comment signifies the post was to be read in a sarcastic manner.
I don't care, only terrorist have something to hide, are you a terrorist? how DARE YOU say you have a right to privacy? what is your real name & address? I am going to send you to re-education camp, just get in the black van with the tinted windows
question is , what to do about it? boycott Yahoo?
Removed? Why does something have to be removed because you disagree with it? I don't really agree with what he said but it's barely offensive. He didn't call anyone names. Remove it? Cmon now.
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Reported? We report people now that have different opinions?
The thought police are exactly the danger that comes to mind when the government wants to read all your emails...
As someone who strongly supports equal pay and opportunities for women, I agree.
However, it IS unfortunate that some of the most high profile female executives in recent years have proven to be both incompetent and cavalier towards the welfare of employees and customers. Aside from Marissa Meyer, that list also includes Carly Fiorina, Meg Whitman, Ellen Pao, and Heather Bresch.
I wonder if the corporate workplace is in such a state that only the most ruthless and Machiavellian women are given the opportunity to rise to the executive ranks, and/or if boards of directors are more inclined to promote women to such positions when the company is already in a dire, nigh hopeless state, making them a convenient scapegoat for years of mismanagement.
I'm thankful that our first black president was someone as qualified and dignified as Obama, and not some right-wing ass clown like Alan West, Herman Cain, or Ben Carson.
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Thanks guys. I'm definitely going to look into these.
Yes, says someone from Canada; my nationality doesn't make the information invalid nor untrue.
- Google Search - sometimes, but with ad blockers, no login, and frequent clearing of cookies
- Gmail - yes, but only for order confirmations, etc. Never use email for private communications.
- Chrome browser - NOPE
- Android phone - NOPE
- Google Maps - NOPE
- Google Photos - NOPE
- Google apps - NOPE
Better metaphor: think of email messages as postcards.
There is an interoperable secure email extension: S/MIME.
You'll need an email client that supports it, like Outlook or Thunderbird. The extension supports both encryption and digital signatures.
And the percentage of men on the Forbes list who are self-made founders of companies?
This. Wayyy back when before iCloud existed, I used my yahoo address for my iTunes Store account. My whole purchased library is under the yahoo ID instead of iCloud. If Apple could merge the account into my iCloud account, I could transition away from yahoo. Otherwise I would have to abandon thousands of dollars worth of purchased content to switch over.